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Gordon McGregor

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Portrait, Gordon McGregor, 1949. (photo kindly supplied by a family member) - This image may be subject to copyright
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    McGregor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    32542 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Open Brethren, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 January 1916 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 45 Moxham Avenue, Haitaitai, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 45 Moxham Avenue, Haitaitai, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Retail Employee/Civilian AWMM
    Electrical and electronic retailing with Lamphouse Group AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr A.R. McGregor (father), Post Office, Pokeno, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M. McGregor (wife), C/o Children's Home, Marton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    32542 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Furloughed to New Zealand and married in 1943, before returning to the Italian Campaign

    Gordon McGregor was married to Maisie (27 April 1915 - 19 January 2000) and the father of Murray, Lindsay, David and Jocelyn. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 August 1969 AWMM
    Age 53 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block J Row 17 Plot 047 AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

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  • Documents
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 294 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 76 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
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